Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-10
PERFECTED LEGISLATION
Bills Passed by the Twentieth Legis-
Iature of the State of Texas at
the Regular Session, 1887.
THE NEW LAND LAW,

and set apart for the benefit of public or
common schools, the University, the
LlnaUic Asylum, the Blind Asylum, the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum and the Orphan
Asylum shall be sold and leased under
the provisions Of this act,
Sec. 3. The Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office is hereby vested VITA all
the power ana authority necessary to
carry into effect the provisions of this act,
and shall have full charg4 and direction
of all matters pertaining to the sale and
lease Of said lands, and their protection
from free use and occupancy, and from
unlawful Enclosure, with such exceptions
and under such restrictions as may DE i'm
posed by the provisions IF this act or by
the constitution of the state. He shall,
as soon as practicable, adopt such regu-
lations, not IuConsistant with the COnsti-
tuition or this act, as may be deemed
necessary for carrying into effect the
provisions OF this act; and may fro n
time to time, alter or amend
such regulations, SO as to protect the pub
ic interest; but all regulations sail be
submitted to the Governor for his ap-
prevail, before adoption or PRONUNCIATION.
He shall adopt all necessary forms of ap-
plIcatiOns for sales or leases, and all other
forms necessary or proper for the trans
action of the business imposed upon him
by this act, including the forms Of leases,
receipts and aCquittances, and may from
time 10 time call upon the AttOrney-Gen-
eraI to prepare such forms, aud it shall be
the duty of that officer to furnish the Com
missioner of the General Land Office with
such advice ana legal assistance as may
be requisite for the due execution of the
provisions Of this act; and it shall be the
duty of such Commissioner TO call upon
the Attorney General for advice whenever
there is any doubt as TO the meaning of
this act or any provision thereof.
Sec. 3. As soon as may be practicable
after the passage and approval of this
act, the Commissioner of the General
Land Office shall cause all the lands be-
longing to the several funds named in
this ac-, which may be in demand for i'm
mediate settlement, to be carefully and
skillfully classified and valued; and for
this purpose he may appOinJ, with the
8ppr valnof the Governor, such number
Of competent state agents as may be
necessary to effect such classification and
valuation; aud he Shall cause such class
itCatiOn and valuation to be made of the
remainder Of such lands from time TO
time as the same may come into de-
maRd for actual settlement; and
with the approval OF the Governor
he may allow such compensation to
said state agents as may be just and
proper, not to exceed the sum OF $3.50
per month and necessary expense of sub
sistence. He may also appoint such other
assistance as may be found necessary to
accomplish such classification and ap-
praisement and the sale or lease OF the
lands; but 20 state agent or other sp-
pOintments shall be made in the absence
of an appropriation by law to cover such
an expenditure, and the state shall not be
liable for any expenditure of this charac-
ter incurred In the excess Of current APP
preparations.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty of such
state agents as may be appointed under
the provisions of this act, under such reg
ulations and instructions as may be pre-
scribed by the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office, to classify all the lands
belonging TO the several funds mentioned
in this act, as prescribed in section 3, ly-
ing in the particular territory to which
such agent may be assigned, into agricul-
turaI, pasture and timber lands; and for
this purpose they shall carefully examine
the same, anG after such examination they
shall prepare an accurate plat of each sec
ton, showing the relative proportions of
timber and open land on such section,
and their situation, also the quality Of the
soil, the topography Of the land
end the quality and kind of tim
Der, and the streams and other
sources If wafer supply and their location,
no Mt
water, and sach other facts as may be i'm
portant; and from time TO time, IS may
DE prescribed by the Commissioner Of the
General Lana Office, such agent shall pre-
pare and forward 10 the Commissioner,
with such plats, q ,abu'Gted ;tatement q
all the lands in any particular locality,
with the value OF each section; and such
plats aud reports shall be fled in the Gen
eral Land Office as part Of the records
Of said office; but nothing in this section
contained shall be construed to require g
classification of lands already classified
under former laws, if such classification
is satisfactory to the Commissioner.
Sec. 5. When any portion Of said land
has been classified to the satisfaction OF
the Commissioner under the provisions Of
this act or former laws, such land shall be
subject 10 sale, but to actual settlers only,
and in quantities Of not less thin 16C
sCres and in multiples thereof, nor more
than $40 acres; provided, that when there
is fraction Of less than 100 acres of any
section left, such fraction may &c sold
but lands classified as purely pasture
lands and without permanent water
thereon, may be sold in quantities not to
exceed four sections to the same settler
and in no event shall sale be made 10 q
corporation either foreign or domestic
and all sales to settler snail be upon the
express condition that any sale, transfer
or conveyance of such land to corpora
ton, either immediate or remote, shall
ipso facto terminate the title of the pur-
chaser, and such land shall be forfeited to
the state, without re-entrY, and become
again part of the particular fund to
which it formerly belonged.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the COM
missioner of the general land Office to
notify in writing the county clerk of each
county of the valuation fixed upon each
section of land in mis- county, and in each
county attached to it for judicial pur.
poses, which he offers for sale,
which notification shall be kept by
the clerk in his office, and recorded in 9
well-bound book which shall be opened to
public inspection.
Sec. I. All lands belonging to the pub
lie schools, asylums snd university funds
shall be sold at not less than 50 per acre.
All sections of land having permanent
water on or bordering thereon shall be
sold at not less than IS per acre, and no
less than 100 acres shall be sold, except
in cases where fractional part
of section less than 100 acres
is unsold, in which case the
entire fractional part of such survey
Shall no gold r,rn..iGnl that yratnrad